When it comes to me, I just write the most beautiful music I can, I do the best work I can, and then I hand it out there.
BARRY MANILOWWe’ve made mistakes, But we’ve made good friends too. Remember all the nights we spent with them? And all our plans, Who says they can’t come true? Tonight’s another chance to start again. It’s just another New Year’s Eve, Another night like all the rest.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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I was always into the music. Music, in general, saved my life. But the fame part… I would look up, see what was going on around me, the reporters and photographers and all, and then I would just go back to making my music.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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These days, with ‘American Idol’ and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
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You know, when I did ‘American Idol’ the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
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Sneakers are not my thing.
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Keep your family and old friends around you. That’s what I had done and that’s what saved my life when it came to being famous.
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We’ve made mistakes, But we’ve made good friends too. Remember all the nights we spent with them? And all our plans, Who says they can’t come true? Tonight’s another chance to start again. It’s just another New Year’s Eve, Another night like all the rest.
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QVC has been very good to me.
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I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
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I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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First of all, I’ve been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn’t write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums, and they were all very successful.
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